A Mysterious Creature, Larger And More Rapid Than A Whale, Has Been Haunting The Deep: Professor Aronnax Has Been Invited To Join A Task Force To Rid The Seas Of The Monster. With Him On The Abraham Lincoln Are His Ever-faithful Servant, Conseil, The Harpooner Ned Land. Their Glorious Mission Becomes A Nightmare When They Are Thrown From Their Ship And Taken Aboard The Mon A Mysterious Creature, Larger And More Rapid Than A Whale, Has Been Haunting The Deep: Professor Aronnax Has Been Invited To Join A Task Force To Rid The Seas Of The Monster. With Him On The Abraham Lincoln Are His Ever-faithful Servant, Conseil, The Harpooner Ned Land. Their Glorious Mission Becomes A Nightmare When They Are Thrown From Their Ship And Taken Aboard The Monster Itself: A Man-made Submarine- Nautilus- Exploring The Wonders Of The Underwater World. There They Are The Captives Of The Inscrutable Captain Nemo. Resigned To Their Fate, They Are Shown Unimaginable Wonders Of The Oceans: The Reef Of Coral That Formed A Cemetery, The Ice Floes Of The South Pole, The Huge Oyster And Its Priceless Pearl, The Volcanic Wonders Of The Lost Land Of Atlantis And A Great Many More Extraordinary Sights That Were To Compensate For Their Lack Of Liberty. The Cover Shows Captain Nemo, An Illustration From An American Edition (photo: Edimedia)